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Died | January 2, 2013 | (aged 49)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Flyweight, Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuri Alexandrov (
Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров; September 13, 1963 – January 2, 2013) was a
Russian
Soviet-era boxer who was
World Amateur Flyweight Champion in 1982, and
European Amateur Bantamweight Champion in 1983, as well as four-time champion of the USSR (1982, 1984, 1986,1987).
[1]
[2] He was unable to replicate this success in the Olympics, being excluded from the
1984 Los Angeles games by the
Soviet boycott, and missing the 1988 games due to injury.
[3]
In 1989 Alexandrov briefly turned professional (the first Soviet boxer to do so), but did not meet with great success and retired in 1992. In 2001 he became vice-president of the Russian Professional Boxing Federation. He held this position until his death, from a heart attack, on 2 January 2013. [3]
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Died | January 2, 2013 | (aged 49)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Flyweight, Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuri Alexandrov (
Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Алекса́ндров; September 13, 1963 – January 2, 2013) was a
Russian
Soviet-era boxer who was
World Amateur Flyweight Champion in 1982, and
European Amateur Bantamweight Champion in 1983, as well as four-time champion of the USSR (1982, 1984, 1986,1987).
[1]
[2] He was unable to replicate this success in the Olympics, being excluded from the
1984 Los Angeles games by the
Soviet boycott, and missing the 1988 games due to injury.
[3]
In 1989 Alexandrov briefly turned professional (the first Soviet boxer to do so), but did not meet with great success and retired in 1992. In 2001 he became vice-president of the Russian Professional Boxing Federation. He held this position until his death, from a heart attack, on 2 January 2013. [3]